Apparatus for producing livestock feeds



May 29, 1928. 1,671,118

C. R. MABEE APPARATUS FOR PRODUGING LIVE STOCK FEEDS Filed Jan. 14. 1921 ramas iway 29, 1928.

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pplication The .object of the invention is to provide a process and apparatusl for the treatment of farm products, particularly in the preparation of vegetable juices and livestock o feeds. l

`The invention has special reference to a process and apparatus adapted for use on farms, forthe treatment of live stock feed materials, and involves, among other things, lu the use of internal mechanical pressure within a container, and the use of heat, moisture and ferments, applied to the farm crops during their treatment, and also, the evaporation of volatile .materials from the l5 materials treated, together with the separation of condensable and non-condensable evaporable materials.

In the present commercial process of producing live stock` feeds from coarse farm 9-0 crops, either alone or combined with other feed materials, volatile substances are 'permitted to escape from the containers, as in the instance ofv alcohol and carbonio aci escaping from farm silos. Again, the silo lb process is slow and incomplete, due to the absence Vof suitable heat, moisture, pressure and ferments, to promote more .rapi physical and chemical changes necessary to desirable treatment.

In the accompanying drawing: The figure is a ly broken away, of an apparatus suitable for my invention. L,

Referring more particularly'to the drawling 10 is a container partly closed, but not hermetically. scalable, at its upper end. by the plate 13 and closed at its lower end by the concave'plate 14, seated in the lower sec` tion of the cone vbottom shown at 12, which 4u cone is attached to the retaining-wall 11.

The cone 12 is provided with the orifice 26 to which is connected the outlet pipe 16 provided with regulating valve 17, also with the orifice 4 to which is connected the liquid outlet pipe 18 provided with the regulating valve 19, also with the pipe connection shown at l7 provided with the regulating valve 6.

Appropriately positioned within the concave area created by the plate 14, is a combustion means 22 connected with fuel oil pipe 21.-

Container 10 Vis supported by standards 15. The wall 11 is provided with a pipe connection 8 Ain which is seated a regulating container 10 is provi d to be fille d coil 54, the

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with a pipe 31'provided with valve 32. The connection 311s connectedwith a hopper 33 by lmeans of pipe 34 provided with valve 35.

' The plate 13'c1osirigdthe upper'end of e with pipe connection 37 provided with the valve 38, with pipe 39 provided with valve 40, with pi e 41 provided with valve 42, and centra` y positioned inthe end plate 13, and passing, through the end plate is the verticall ldisposed shaft 43 to the lower extremity o which, firmly attached by meansv of ythe casting 44 a pressure plunger 45, adapted to be moved vertically by gear' wheels 47, cooperating with the shaft 43.

The pressure plunger 45Lby means of the hose connection 51, is connected with pipe 39 throu h Aa suitable connection shown at 52, there with fluid to regulate its weight at the will of the operator.

The outer extremity of the pipe 41 is provided at 53 with a connection to condensing lower extremity of which at 55 is connected with reservoir 56 provided with outlet pipe 57 in which is seated valve 58, while the reservoir at 59 is connected with ipe 60 in which is seated Valve 61. This apparatusl is adapted for the production of feeds on farms from coinminuted coarse crops such as fodders,

like products, including unthreshed cereal products. Cereals may be combined with the coarse crops.

In practicing my invention the raw feeds in a comminuted state are introduced into the container through orifice 30, during which time hopper 33 is iilled with ground diastatic malt and valve 35 so adjusted as to permit a suitable amount i. e., about 5% of the diastatic material to low through pipe 34 into the inlet pipe 31, and thereby the feeds to be treated are somewhat uniformly impregnated with the enzymes or ferments. The raw Jfeeds to be treated may be dampened before being introduced into the container so as to prevent the ground ferments from falling through the materials, and to secure a more even distribution of the materials.

When the container is lled to the orice 30, the pressure plunger 45 is lowered to .valve 9, also with an orifice v3() connected J with manhole 36,

Within the container, is

enabling the pressure plunger s Aplie-itun-ff het pack the materials in the container, .and again elevated to the potion shown in the drawing and additional lraw feeds introduced, after which it is again lowered to pack them n the contalinenh Iii'in g e riod w en t e container is being i1led, Pe

hquid materials may be duced into the upper end ofthecontainer through pipe 37 guarded byvalve 38, the water or other dampeiiing medium being spread by the upper surface of the pressure plunger around and about the outer walls of' the container, or, water, or an infusion `of inA tmay be introduced through pipe 8 guarded by valve In practice, it is desirable that, before the container is filled, water be introduced therein suicient to cover the lower surface of the container, andthat heat be applied by means of the. burner 2 2 suicient toheat the water and walls of the container, whichlieat, combined with water which may be introduced through pipe- 37 at a temperature of about 160 degrees Fahrenheit, furnishes suic'ient heat to maintain the feedsintroduced -at a temperature approximating 140 degrees Fahrenheit, when diastase is used as .the-ferment.

This apparatus is usually placed in afr 'closed room, such as afarm granary free from drafts, and by packing 'the' materials into thecontainer at a temperatie approximating 140 degrees Fahrenheit, the feeds remain at a temperature appropriate. for the conversion of starches'into-sugars, sufficientlly long to produce malted f eeds.V

e arethen removed from the lower end of the container in a moist, and usually, in a heated, condition. As f materials are removed from the lower end of the container through orifice 26, as required for use, additional Y raw feed is introduced through orifice 30 to replace the feed removed, in the saine manner as previously described, By this procedurev the apparatus is in operation at all times, The cntainer 10i s preferably acylindrical container vertically dispod, and itis of advantage that the ower end plate 1 2 be' tapering inY nature, to aist iii-fthe ready leirit of treated through the orilice 26; The concave plate Y iend Vlowerportion of thev r" mdtepxeito the alsollstainthe le and provides rials and tli)e i non-con The vapors 4aiid'g'ases which are formed the treatment of raw feeding mate pass from the container by means 'of the pipe ll1 toacondensing coi-lv 54, thence" tothe receiver 86, from .which the condensable ortions may be removed by pipe 57V densable portionsby means ui-ing of the pipe 60. Having described my invention, what AI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1 v 1. In an ap aratus "for preparing feed` ing materials, the combination of a. container closed at one end and substantially closed at the other, with means for introducing materials into said container, pressin said materials, latin t e weight of saidcompressing means; 2. n `an apparatus forpreparing feeding materials, the combination of a vertically disposed cylindrical container, closed at one end and substantially closed at the other, with a pipe having leading into -the upper part of said container, a pressure plunger having acompartment therein weighting medium an'd, actuated b tive gearing,va1ved pipes, the top and one into the tainer, forv introducing a moistening medium, orifices with valved pipe connections for removingmaterialsffrom a burner positioned beneath the lower end of said container for heating the same, and a-V condensing coil and a reservoir connected with the upper end of the container by means ofavalvedpipe.V 3. In an Vapparatus for prepariug'feeding materials, a verticallysed-container, substantially closed at both its ends 'and including an u wardl heating means ispose formed-b the introduction of materials to be treated into the upper portion of the container,l means disposed at one side' and `to permit the withdrawal of naterials from said container, a

l le n Inovale downwardly therein, and a valved and means forreguy a posi-A one leading into side of said conwall of 'the' oontamer to permit the introduction of a lluid-teating medium. therein;

1o' means .for com-5 a hopper attached thereto for ,the reception of a said container, i

-bowed base-plate, withirt 'the recess' saidl baseplate, means to permit of said base-plate 1 pressure across said' container and 1N' f pipe connection through the side .CERTIFICATE or commotion.

notent No, Lonnie. Granted nay ze, onsg t@ CHARLES R. MABEE'.,

lt is hereby certified that error apoears lin the'printeii specification ot the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page l., lines 2 o anti 79 strike out the Words "a process and" and insert the word "an"; line Ll, strike out the words "vegetable juices and"; line 13, beginning with the wortl "and" strike out all to and including the word "materials" line 17; line 18., strike out the Word "commercial", and line 21, 'beginning with tne word "volatile" strike out all to and including the Word and comma "Aguin,"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read'witli these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record o the case in the Patent Ofice.

Signed and sealed Athis 31st'day of July, A. D. 1928.

` l M. J. Moore, (Seal)` Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

